Twin Centrifugals VS Single

[Greg Hermann]

At 9:44 AM 4/19/01, Eric Fahlgren wrote:
>James Ballenger wrote:
>>
>>         How much does a centrifugal draw to run?  Why not just use a
>>little CVT
>> appropriately sized and tuned?
>
>A mechanical CVT wouldn't know about engine load, thus would
>attempt to keep supercharger RPM at its setpoint regardless
>of throttle opening.  I was thinking more along the lines of
>an n-alpha controller which would control boost without bypass
>valves or what not.  Consider the towing-up-a-hill scenario
>followed by coasting down, all maintaining the same engine
>speed.  You want the charger RPMs to change grossly (depending
>on throttle opening), while the engine remains at a fixed speed.
>
>Ok, now that I think about this, sure, you could hook the throttle
>cable to something on the CVT and make this work with a purely
>mechanical system.

Or you could just pipe the centrifugal as a draw through and not worry about it.

KISS.

Greg
>
>--
>Eric Fahlgren


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